Rose wins 2017 Stella Prize for ‘The Museum of Modern Love’
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
Heather Rose has won the 2017 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, for her novel The Museum of Modern Love (A&U). Judging panel chair Brenda Walker said the novel, which reimagines Marina Abramovic’s...
ABDA Book Design Awards 2017 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
The Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) has announced the shortlists for the 2017 Book Design Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Best Designed Commercial Fiction Book Olmec Obituary...
Aurealis Awards 2016 winners announced
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
The winners of the 2016 Aurealis Awards for the best science-fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia have been announced. The winning titles were: Best Science Fiction Novel Gemina: Illuminae...
Cottage Door tops fastest growing US indie publishers list
Thursday, 13 April 2017
Children’s publisher Cottage Door Press has topped Publisher’s Weekly’s annual list of fastest growing US independent publishers, posting a 558% increase in revenue from 2015-2016. Cottage Door, which specialises in...
Affirm sells out first print run of ‘Letters of Love’
Thursday, 13 April 2017
Affirm Press has sold out of its initial 6000-copy print run of Letters of Love, one of the publisher’s ‘profit-for-purpose’ titles, raising $20,000 for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation. The...
Araluen wins ‘Overland’ Nakata Brophy short fiction prize
Thursday, 13 April 2017
Evelyn Araluen has won this year’s Overland Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers for her short story ‘Muyum: a transgression’. Judges Tara June Winch, Jennifer Mills and Katherine Firth said Araluen’s...
RiP John Clarke
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Comedian and satirist John Clarke has died, aged 68. Clarke was the author of numerous books, including A Dagg at My Table, The Howard Miracle, The 7.56 Report and The...
ALA reveals ‘most frequently challenged books’ in 2016
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
The American Library Association (ALA) has released its list of most frequently challenged books in 2016. Topping the list was This One Summer (Mariko Tamaki, illus by Jillian Tamaki), Drama (Raina...
Book blogger spotlight: Angel Reads
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Blogger Angel Gouvas has been writing about YA books since 2012, and has a particular interest in #LoveOzYA and discussions about diversity. Gouvas spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘Book blogger...
More young people using UK libraries
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
New research has found the number of young people using UK libraries has increased over the past five years, reports the BBC. The Carnegie UK Trust study of 10,000 people...
More than 70 Auckland Libraries staff take redundancies
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
More than 70 Auckland Libraries staff have accepted redundancies and more than 700 staff will have to reapply for their jobs as part of an organisation-wide restructure, reports Radio New...
2017 NT Writers Festival program launched
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
The program for the 2017 Northern Territory Writers’ Festival program has been announced. Held in Alice Springs from 18-21 May, this year’s festival will explore the theme of ‘Crossings|Iwerre-atherre’. Indonesian travel writer...
Cribb appointed CEO of New Zealand Book Council
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
The New Zealand Book Council has appointed Jo Cribb as its new CEO, effective from 8 May. Cribb served as the CEO of the New Zealand government’s Ministry for Women...
Woollahra Council announces new digital writing awards worth $6000
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Woollahra Libraries in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs has announced a new national literary award for writing first published online or electronically. Two prizes worth $3000 each will be given to the...
Digital media company RBmedia launches, acquires Audiobooks.com
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
A new company specialising in the production and distribution of spoken audio content and digital media has been established in the US. RBmedia, which is backed by private equity firm...
International Dublin Literary Award 2017 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
The shortlist for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award has been announced. The 10 shortlisted titles are: A General Theory of Oblivion (José Eduardo Agualusa, trans by Daniel Hahn, Archipelago)...
New Frontier sets up London office
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
New Frontier Publishing has set up a London office to focus on the UK market. The children’s publisher released its first books in the UK this month, including selected Australian picture...
Hachette to publish new books by Maxine Beneba Clarke, Jessica Watson
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Two new books from Maxine Beneba Clarke and a YA novel by Jessica Watson are among Hachette Australia’s recent acquisitions. Hachette publishing director Fiona Hazard told Books+Publishing the publisher is...
Clunes Booktown Festival 2017 program announced
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
The program for the 2017 Clunes Booktown Festival, to be held from 6-7 May in Clunes, Victoria, has been announced. Just under 30 writers will appear at the festival, including...
Whitehead wins 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Colson Whitehead has won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Underground Railroad (Sphere), becoming the seventh author to win the Pulitzer and the National Book Award...
Sales down, profits up at HarperCollins UK
Monday, 10 April 2017
In the UK, HarperCollins has recorded a drop in sales from £186m (A$307m) to £184m (A$303m) in the 2015-16 financial year, but an increase in operating profits from £13m (A$21m)...
Brisbane Powerhouse to host inaugural international Writers + Ideas series in May
Monday, 10 April 2017
The Brisbane Powerhouse will host five visiting authors in May as part of its inaugural international Writers + Ideas series. Authors to appear at the events are US journalist and author...
Hachette sells UK, translation rights to Sophie Green novel
Monday, 10 April 2017
Hachette Australia has sold UK and Commonwealth (excluding ANZ) and translation rights to Sophie Green’s The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club to Little, Brown UK imprint Sphere. The...
SWF 2017 program announced
Friday, 7 April 2017
The program has been announced for this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, which runs from 22-28 May. More than 400 events featuring over 450 writers will be held across greater Sydney....
PRH acquires Spanish-language publisher Ediciones B
Friday, 7 April 2017
Penguin Random House (PRH) has signed an agreement with Grupo Zeta to acquire its Spanish-language publisher Ediciones B. Ediciones B and its imprints will join Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial...
Relaunched Folio Prize releases shortlist
Friday, 7 April 2017
In the UK, the shortlist for the relaunched Rathbones Folio Prize, which has been expanded to include nonfiction, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Vanishing Man (Laura Cumming,...
IPEd conference program speakers announced
Friday, 7 April 2017
The Institute of Professional Editors has announced some of the speakers for its biennial conference, to be held in Brisbane from 13-15 September. The keynote speakers are professor of applied...
Wenona Byrne appointed OzCo literature director
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Allen & Unwin rights and international sales director Wenona Byrne has been appointed the Australia Council’s director of literature. Byrne will replace former director Jill Eddington, who was appointed CEO...
Bologna organisers to host New York trade show in 2018
Thursday, 6 April 2017
The organisers of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair have announced plans for a new rights and licensing trade show in New York in 2018, reports Publishers Weekly. The event aims...
Scholastic acquires Minchin’s ‘Matilda’ picture book
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Scholastic has acquired world rights to a picture book by Australian musician and comedian Tim Minchin, based on Minchin’s lyrics to the musical Matilda. The book will take the lyrics...
« Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 Next page »
